Shloka 40

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

धर्मबद्धास्तथालूका उरुकर्मस्थिताः जनाः ।

वामपादे जनाः पार्श्वे स्थिताः कूर्मस्य भागुरे ॥

Transliteration

dharmabaddhās tathālūkā urukarmasthitā janāḥ / vāmapāde janāḥ pārśve sthitāḥ kūrmasya bhāgure

Translation

Die Dharmabaddhas, die Ālūkas und das in Urukarma ansässige Volk—diese Völker befinden sich am linken Fuß, auf der Seite der Schildkröte, im Abschnitt Bhāgura.

Word by Word

• धर्मबद्धाः: bound by dharma
• धर्मबद्धाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म + बद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; बद्ध = √बन्ध् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past passive participle)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चयार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अलूकाः: Alūkas (a group/people)
• अलूकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• उरुकर्मस्थिताः: situated in great deeds/works
• उरुकर्मस्थिताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरु + कर्म + स्थित (प्रातिपदिक; स्थित = √स्था (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• वामपादे: in the left foot
• वामपादे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• पार्श्वे: at/on the side
• पार्श्वे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• स्थिताः: situated/placed
• स्थिताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित (प्रातिपदिक; √स्था (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• कूर्मस्य: of the tortoise
• कूर्मस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• भागुरे: in Bhāgura (place/region)
• भागुरे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

Speakers

• Frame not explicit in these verses (catalogue style within the Purāṇic narration)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Cosmography
• Kūrma body-map
• Sacred geography

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Spatial orientation is moralized through naming (e.g., ‘Dharmabaddha’), suggesting that geography and reputation/character can be interlinked in Purāṇic imagination.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Sthāna (world arrangement using the Kūrma schema).

What is the esoteric significance?

Left/right body mapping can imply complementary cosmic currents; the ‘side/foot’ placement encodes relative proximity, liminality, and function within the sacred body of the land.